Trochia cingulata
| Trochia cingulata | |
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| Several shells of Trochia cingulata (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Ocenebrinae |
| Genus: | Trochia |
| Species: | T. cingulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Trochia cingulata (Linnaeus, 1771) | |
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Trochia cingulata, common name : the girdled dogwhelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 20 mm and 45 mm
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Namibia and the West Coast of South Africa.
References
- 1 2 Trochia cingulata (Linnaeus, 1771). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 January 20112010.
- Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg
- Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. Pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp
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